川端康成曾以《雪国》、《古都》、《千只鹤》等作品成为继泰戈尔之后，第二位获得诺贝尔文学奖的亚洲作家。
Yasunari Kawabata ( 1899-1972 ), the second Asian writer winning the Nobel prize for literature after Tagore , is famous for such works as Snow Country , Thousand Cranes , The Old Capital , etc.
千只鹤